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The end of Graham's and beginning of Brown's pro careers were separated by just one year. Graham retired after the 1955 campaign. Brown was a rookie in 1957.

How do you compare an all-time great quarterback with an all-time great running back? The job descriptions and influences those positions have on a team are so different. Following are a few of Graham and Brown's notable accomplishments:

OTTO GRAHAM was a first-team all-league selection in nine of his ten seasons and second-team in the other season. He made the Pro Bowl team in the first five of his six NFL years, not making it only in the final year of his career, 1955 -- even though he won his third NFL Most Valuable Player award that year. He was also MVP in 1951 and 1953. The All-America Football Conference that he and the Browns played in during their first four seasons didn't have a Pro Bowl game.

JIM BROWN was first-team all-NFL in eight of his nine seasons and second-team the other year. He won NFL MVP awards in 1957, 1958, 1963 and 1965 -- the final year of his career. He made the Pro Bowl every year.

OTTO GRAHAM, who never missed a Browns game, and the Browns played in their league's championship game in all 10 years of his career. They were 4-0 in AAFC title contests and 3-3 in NFL championship games. Counting the two division playoff games the Browns won, they were 9-3 in postseason play: 5-0 in the AAFC, 4-3 in the NFL. Cleveland won 105 regular season games, lost 17 and tied four. That included records of 47-4-3 in the AAFC and 58-13-1 in the NFL.

JIM BROWN, who never missed a Browns game, and the Browns played in three NFL championship games, winning one. They lost a division playoff game that denied them the chance to play in another title game. During Brown's career, Cleveland won 79 regular season games, lost 34 and tied five.

OTTO GRAHAM retired after the 1955 season. He still is pro football's all-time leader with 9.0 yards per pass attempt. At the time of his retirement he was the all-time leader in yards passing (23,584). His career passer rating of 86.6 is the highest ever for any quarterback who began his pro career before 1979. When he retired, he had thrown the lowest percentage (5.1) of interceptions ever and his 55.8 completion percentage was the second-best ever. He was second in touchdown passes (174). Graham accomplished all of this during an era when pass defenders were allowed to make much more contact with receivers than they are now, making the passing game more difficult.

JIM BROWN retired after the 1965 season. He still is pro football's all-time leader with 104.3 yards rushing per game. At the time of his retirement he was the all-time leader in yards rushing (12,312), rushing touchdowns (106), total touchdowns (126) and combined rushing and receiving yards (14,811). Brown accomplished all of this during an era when the hash marks on each side of the field were about three yards closer to the sidelines than now, giving him much less room to run outside than players now have.

OTTO GRAHAM led the league in passing yards in five different seasons. He was also a league leader in passer rating (four years), completion percentage (four years), yards per completion (four years), touchdown passes (three years), yards per pass attempt (three years), lowest percentage of interceptions (three years) and highest percentage of touchdown passes (two years).

JIM BROWN led the league in rushing yards in eight different seasons. He was also a league leader in combined rushing and receiving yards (six years), rushing touchdowns (five years), total touchdowns (three years) and yards per carry (two years).

OTTO GRAHAM, in 12 postseason games including 10 championship games, completed 159 of 300 passes for 2,101 yards, 14 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. The 53 percent completion rate and 5.7 percent interception rate were very good for the era. Quarterback sacks were often counted as rushing attempts during much of Graham's career so it's not possible to compile his true rushing totals. However, in his last eight postseason games, he was credited with 354 yards running on 64 carries (5.5 yards per carry) and five of his six postseason rushing touchdowns. Graham also played defensive back in his early years, and he intercepted one pass in the postseason. He returned five punts for 20 yards and one kickoff for 46 yards.

Among Graham's postseason highlights: His 16-yard touchdown pass to Dante Lavelli with about four minutes left in the fourth quarter erased a 9-7 deficit and gave the Browns a 14-9 win over the football New York Yankees in the 1946 AAFC championship game in Cleveland.

In the Browns' first season in the NFL, 1950, they finished in a first-place divisional tie with the New York Giants, forcing a playoff game at Cleveland Stadium. With the game tied, 3-3, Graham led a late fourth quarter drive by running three times for 36 yards, setting up Lou Groza's 28-yard field goal and a 6-3 Browns lead with 58 seconds left. Cleveland clinched the 8-3 win with a safety. Then, in the Browns' 30-28 championship game win over the Los Angeles Rams the next week, Graham completed 22 of 33 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 99 yards on 12 carries. With the Browns trailing, 28-27, with 1:50 left and the ball on their 32, Graham led a drive with three completions for 43 yards and his 14-yard run. The plays set up Groza's game-winning 16-yard field goal with 28 seconds to go.

The Browns walloped the Detroit Lions, 56-10, in the 1954 title game in Cleveland and won the 1955 championship with a 38-14 rout of the Rams in Los Angeles -- Graham's final game before his retirement. In those two wins, Graham completed 23 of 37 passes for 372 yards and five touchdowns and ran for five touchdowns himself.

JIM BROWN, in four postseason games including three championship games, ran for 241 yards and one touchdown in 66 carries (3.7 yards per carry), caught eight passes for 99 yards and returned six kickoffs for 167 yards.

Brown gained 114 yards in 27 carries and caught three passes for 44 yards in the Browns' 27-0 upset win over the Baltimore Colts in the 1964 championship game at Cleveland. He caught a screen pass from Frank Ryan for 16 yards that set up the game's first score, Lou Groza's 43-yard field goal early in the third quarter. The next time the Browns got the ball, Brown swept left end for 46 yards, setting up the first of three Frank Ryan to Gary Collins touchdown passes.

As a rookie in the 1957 title contest at Detroit, Brown bolted 29 yards for a second-quarter touchdown that trimmed the Lions lead to 17-7. Detroit, however, went on to clout the Browns, 59-14. Brown's final game of his career (not counting the Pro Bowl) was Cleveland's 23-12 loss to the Packers in the 1965 championship game at Green Bay. The Browns' offense had the ball for just 38 plays, so he didn't get a lot of opportunities, running 12 times for 50 yards and catching three passes for 44 yards.

OTTO GRAHAM, besides playing quarterback, also played defensive back in his first three years. In regular season play, he intercepted seven passes and returned them 102 yards, including one for 37 yards and a touchdown. He had 23 punt returns for 262 yards, an 11.4-yard return average. Graham scored 46 touchdowns in regular season games: 44 by running with the ball, one on the interception return and another on a fumble recovery.

JIM BROWN, in regular season games, caught 262 passes for 2,499 yards (9.5 yards per reception) and 20 touchdowns. He had 648 yards on 29 kickoff returns (22.3-yard average). Brown, on the halfback option pass, completed four of 12 passes for 117 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

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